CVE-2014-8760

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Published Oct 25, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

ejabberd before 2.1.13 does not enforce the starttls_required setting when compression is used, which causes clients to establish connections without encryption.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-881-1	ejabberd security update
EUVD	EUVD-2014-8591	ejabberd before 2.1.13 does not enforce the starttls_required setting when compression is used, which causes clients to establish connections without encryption.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.3% (1.314% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0417.html
http://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/operators/2014-October/002438.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/312
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:207
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:175
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70415
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1153839
https://github.com/processone/ejabberd/commit/7bdc1151b

History

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Subscriptions

Process-one Ejabberd

Weaknesses

CWE-310

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 1:26 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 25, 2014, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 1:26 PM
Reserved: Oct 13, 2014, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:17 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 25, 2014, 12:55 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:17 AM

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